Auction Detail
June 2023
"Erivan" Collection Part IX and Canal Zone Stamps and Covers
Our June sales include Part IX of the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History and a catalogue of Canal Zone stamps and covers featuring the collections of James W. Crumpacker and Paul F. Ammons.
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extensive collection consisting primarily of used stamps, note varieties including Second Series 1c 9mm spacing (J4.1a), 10mm spacing (J4.1b), 2c 9mm spacing (J5.1a), 9½mm spacing (J5.1b), 10c 9mm spacing (J6.1), Third Series 1c "1" of surcharge shifted ½mm to right (J7.1), 2c "2" of surcharge shifted ½mm to right (J8.2), "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (J8.3), 9mm spacing (J8.4), 10c "E" of "Zone" under "L" of "Canal" (J9.1), Fourth Series 2c 2½mm spacing from "2" to "Zone" (J10.2), and 4c 9¼mm spacing (J11.1), generally fine to very fine
mint single, bright and fresh, very fine, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $250)
on legal-sized locally addressed cover postmarked Cristobal April 6, 1925, large "T" in circle due handstamp, very fine (Scott $110)
mint single, bright and fresh with choice centering, slightly disturbed gum, very fine and scarce with just 98 issued, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $800)
mint horizontal pair, right stamp the variety, partially separated and lightly tropicalized gum, fine example of this striking error, the "Postag Due" variety occurs on positions 83 and 93 of several panes but position 93 (offered here) is the more attractive and desirable of the two, 1990 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $750)
mint block of six with middle right stamp the error, folded along vertical perforations, very fine and choice, this error occurred in position 18 of the lower right pane, although 75 examples of the "Zone Zone" error were issued only approximately 15 are recorded (all in blocks), 1982 APEX certificate (Scott $1,500)
tied by October 1, 1925 Cristobal datestamp to locally-addressed cover, franked with 1925 ½c Olive brown, very fine and rare example of this variety on cover (Scott $125 for used)
second printing (J19.B), tied by grid to incoming January 2, 1927 cover to Ancon from Cristobal, franked with 1924 1c Deep green (71.B), cover corner nick, otherwise very fine and scarce
mint top right margin block of 12 (error the second stamp in the second row, position 18), few reinforced perforations, fine and fresh, 125 copies of this error were produced and 85 were destroyed, of the surviving 40 only about 15 are known to collectors (Scott $1,500)
two used blocks of four, first J20.4 (2½mm horizontal spacing between stamps), second J20.5 (3mm horizontal spacing between stamps), couple of separated perforations, fine and scarce pair of blocks (Scott $175)
never hinged left margin single with plate number 6555, first or third printing (J20.A), fresh and very fine, the first and third printings feature a clean-cut overprint, 1995 Philatelic Foundation certificate for block of four (Scott $150 for mint)
used single, fine and rare example of this striking shade, Canal Zone Stamps reports only a few copies are recorded, 1997 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $150)